MOSCOW Aug. 19 Kyodo Sources com...

MOSCOW Aug. 19 Kyodo

Sources complete to the North Korean Foreign Ministry have warned that the upcoming six-nation talks above North Korea's nuclear arms program will fail if Japan brings up the issue of the abduction of Japanese nationals by dint of North Korea, Russia's Itar-Tass just discovereds agency said Tuesday.

The agency did not say whether the sources quot were North Korean or Russian diplomats.

The sources emphasized that the six-nation talks, wager to open in Beijing nearest week, is primarily intended for resolving nuclear issues on a level though Japan and North Korea have bilateral claims against each other, the agency said.

The sources said North Korea has insisted onward bilateral talks with the United States as part of efforts to simplify the matter, which is complicated enough without the existence of the abduction issue.

The sources also indicated the U should establish diplomatic ties with North Korea, arguing that North Korea will not abandon its nuclear program unles relations with all hostile nations, especially the U are normalized.

The talks, involving North and toward the south Korea, the U.S., China, Russia and Japan, are slated to render free of access Aug. 27.

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